What is the source for the tsunami in japan?

Question:

help me dude

Answer:

Well, dude, you need to learn to use Google. But in short, it was caused by an earthquake.

Do people living in japan...?

Question:

prefer american cars over Japanese cars? do they value them higher than their own japanese made cars? just curious

Answer:

We prefer our cars over American cars.
We don't value them higher than our own Japanese made cars.
But there are a small number of people who are fond of having American cars.

We value German cars higher than our cars.
Owing cars made in Germany is seen as status here in Japan.

Translate to English please?

Question:

英語は勉強しやすいっていう人はごく少数じゃないかな?


I'm guessing it's something like "people who say English is easy to study is...."

Answer:

Few people say that it's easy to learn English.

Japanese People read Only !!?

Question:

hey guys !
can you tell me about your countries Internet speed and connections ?
i wanna know what is the home speed and official speed . or is there any difference between internet users ?
i really want to know about it .
thanks a ton .

Answer:

According to the study sponsored by internet equipment maker Cisco Systems in 2008, Japan seems to be the best in the world. I've also heard that Korea is exceeding in recent years, but Japan is still very good.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7610534.stm

Actually, it really depends on how much you pay, and where you live.
If you pay about 7,000 Yen (= 80 USD) in a month, it mostly as quick as high speed internet connection in any where else. The nominal speed is up to 1GBps, but 100MBPS or around is more common for personal users.
Some housing complex and condo., they have no choice but to share one line by several houses. So it sometime get slower, depending on how others use. Some remote area and island area, they might have not many choice of that high speed internet.

How do i say (fish are the main food source in japan) in japanese?

Question:

kanji and hiragana please. 10 points for the first correct guess. please dont use google translate becaue they are inaccurate

Answer:

魚は、日本における 主要な 食糧源です。
さかなは、 にほんにおける しゅような しょくりょうげんです。
Sakana wa, Nihon ni okeru shuyou na shokuryou-gen desu.

Is Japanese Chewing Gum Safe?

Question:

I was looking into purchasing some Japanese chewing gum online. I was curious about its safety after the earthquake. Do you think that there would be radiation? Some of the brands are Xylish (Meiji) and Lotte. If anybody knows about the safety of these products, please let me know!

P.S. The online order ships from Japan

Answer:

Nope, that earthquake shook up the entire chewing gum inventory here. And you know what happens when you shake chewing gum. Much, much worse than shaking a cola. Radiation out the ying-yang.

How would you get to Tokyo, Japan from Daitō, Japan?

Question:

Would you take a bus, train, or airplane?

Answer:

You need to tell us where Daito is. Which prefecture is that?

Addition:
If it's in Osaka, just go to Shin-Osaka station and take Shinkansen to Tokyo. There are buses and flights, too.

Could the landmass of japan could have been bigger?

Question:

Answer:

Yes. It is believed by many scientists that the islands that make-up Japan was at one time in the distant past all connected to the mainland of Asia, specifically by way of the Korean peninsula. That is how the ancient ancestors of the Japanese got to Japan. Then the ocean rise or the continental plate that the landmass of Japan rest on sank or maybe due to both causes.

10 pts. People proficient in japanese writing, grammar, and vocabulary...?

Question:

I know the basic sentence structure is "subject, object, verb" with sentence particles marking the relevance of each one. But where would other grammatical terms be placed?

Examples:
adjectives
adverbs
intransitive verbs
pronouns

What if a sentence necessitated all of these?

Answer:

わたしは、これを よみ ながら、 あの ちいさい こどもたち と とても はやく あるいた。

わたしwatashi(I)
はwa("wa""は"is like "be"/"am" english doesnt use be verb in this case though) ,
これkore(this)
をo("o""を" shows object)
よみyomi(read) (yomu:vt)
ながらnagara(-ing/meanwhile),
あのano(those/that)
ちいさいchiisai(little)
こどもたちkodomotachi(children)
とto(with)
とてもtotemo(very)
はやくhayaku(fast)
あるいたaruita(walked)(aruku:vi).

I walked very fast with those little children reading this.

Were the Emishi people of Japan a cultural distinct people.?

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Answer:

The Emishi or Ebisu (蝦夷?) were a group of people who lived in northeastern Honshū in what is today known as the Tōhoku region. Some Emishi tribes opposed and resisted the rule of the Japanese Emperors during the late Nara and early Heian periods (7th–10th centuries AD).

Recent scholarship has created a much more complicated portrait of this people. By and large, they are seen as indigenous to Japan and not simply as ancestors to the Ainu, but descendants of the Jōmon. Even though historically they emerge as serious challengers to the nascent Japanese state they had inherited a rich and separate tradition that went back several millennia before the Japanese speakers came to the islands of Japan.

In the study of Jōmon skeletal remains dating from thousands of years ago, a direct connection with the modern Ainu was confirmed, showing a definite linkage between the two groups. This linkage however, shows that the Jōmon people were very different from modern Japanese and other modern East Asians. The physical appearance of a number of the Ainu who were first encountered by the Europeans in the 19th Century were similar to Caucasians, and thus caused quite a stir among contemporary academics, and has spurred debate about their origins. It is thus surmised that the Jōmon also were physically unlike other East Asians. This said, physical anthropologists have found that diachronically, and geographically, the skeletal structure of the Jōmon population changed over time from southwest to northeast, paralleling the actual migration of Japanese speakers historically, so that more Jōmon traits are preserved in the north.

Studies have also shown that skeletal remains from larger settlements in the Tōhoku corresponding to where burial mounds (kofun) were built have traits that are halfway between Ainu and present day Japanese, so the idea that the Emishi were made up solely of Ainoid ancestors is untrue. The Emishi were a mix of both Ainoid and types of people scholars have called "Kofun people" who were not a separate race or ethnic group, but were a mixture of both native Jōmon and the more recent groups identified with the Yayoi culture. This dovetails nicely with the "transformation" theory that native Jōmon peoples changed gradually with the infusion of Yayoi immigrants into the Tōhoku rather than the "replacement" theory which posits that one population (Jōmon) was replaced by another (Yayoi).

The Emishi were composed of two main populations, the Jōmon Ainoid who were the majority and a smaller group the Kofun united by a common Ainoid language distinct from Japanese. These two populations were not distinguished by contemporaries, but rather by present-day physical anthropologists. Historically, they were seen as one group by contemporaries, mainly those who were descendants of the natives (the Jōmon) called Emishi and Ebisu who also had in their population those of mixed ethnicity, most likely descendants of early Japanese colonists. In addition, the contemporary Japanese for their part looked upon the Emishi as foreigners and barbarians whose lands they desired to conquer and incorporate into the Japanese state.

Though it is not known how much the Emishi population changed as Japanese settlers and frontiersmen began to live in their territories even before the conquest, the existence of Emishi Kofun types attests to some form of ethnic mixing. The Japanese established trading relations with the Emishi where their horses were imported and iron tools and weapons exported to their territories. To complicate matters, some ethnic Japanese allied themselves with the Emishi in their wars against the Yamato court. The latter were known in the Nihon Shoki as "Japanese captives" of the Emishi.

The people who migrated to the northern tip of Honshū and Hokkaidō region retained their identity and their separate ethnicity, and their descendants eventually formed the Satsumon culture in Hokkaidō. Historically, they became a distinctly different population from those who were conquered and integrated into the Japanese state. The Emishi except them became more like other ethnic Japanese while the Hokkaidō Emishi, known by contemporaries as Watarishima Emishi, or 'Emishi who crossed to the island', eventually became known as the Ezo, and later in the modern period the Ainu.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emishi

What level is my japanese speaking level (video)?

Question:

Ok i write in japanese better than i speak because 1.write in japanese all the time like everyday and 2. i have more time to think about grammar and stuff while im writing which is much harder when you are spontaneously talking and cant go back. And i understand japanese even more than both writing and speaking because understanding a language is always easier for most people. So i decided to make video blogs occasionally to improve my japanese speaking ability which is not up to par right now and look back on it to see how much i have improved. I used to make videos a year ago and i still look back at those videos now to boost my self esteem when seeing how much i have improved in a year and i want to be able to do that again a year from now. So where do you think im at so far. around lower intermediate or maybe upper bigginer?

video----> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_etap383O…

Answer:

You are very closed to be perfect, except using some wrong words and minor stuff.
(ex: hikokishita => hikkoshita or hikkoshimasita or hikkoshi wo shimashita)
You only need to expose yourself into real Japanese world and get more experiences.

I only concern that your way of speaking is sort of girlish and possibly annoying some grown up men. It's OK, you are a girl and adressing to young people. I recommned that you should also practice some more polite form, if you had some plan to have something like formal job interview or student exchange. I think you could, but just trying to be friendly in the video.
(I told this because some people learning Japanese through anime or internat might not lean decent way of speaking.)

After all, you are very good and ready to spend life in Japan.

Are the Japanese Sanka people distinct the Bukamin?

Question:

Answer:

Yes.

"The burakumin should not be confused, of course, with another of Japan's society scapegoats, the sanka, or gypsy people. The sanka have no written language, and speak a tongue quite different from Japanese. This sturdy Mongoloid-type people are itinerant mountain folk."
http://www.bookmice.net/darkchilde/japan…

Sanka, (Japanese: “Mountain Cave”) outcaste group of people in Japan. The Sanka are sometimes called the Japanese Gypsies, wandering in small bands through the mountainous regions of Honshu. They are not distinguishable in either physical type or language from the rest of the Japanese.

Little is known of their history. Although they are mentioned in Japanese chronicles from the 11th century, much of the information about them is vague. Like other depressed castes in Japan, they had chiefs through whom they dealt with feudal authority and who were responsible for the conduct of the group. There is no evidence to support the claim that they were a wild people who lived in caves. In their mountain habitat they seem to have been wood gatherers, charcoal burners, and hunters. Despite Japanese legislation against social discrimination, their descendants are still regarded with contempt much like that shown the Burakumin.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topi…

Paying Taxes in Japan?

Question:

im going to be working in Japan for a year under a work visa. Ill be teaching in a private school. Im a little confused as to whether i need to pay U.S (my country) or Japanese taxes. I heard from a friend that i may not even have to pay taxes, however im a little doubtful of that. Any advise would be appreciated.

Answer:

Yes of course you have to pay taxes. In Japan frequently the employer will already deduct the taxes from your salary before you receive it for your Japanese tax obligations. You may be entitled to a tax refund if over paid at the end of the year called a nenmatsu chousei. For the US you may not owe anything given the ex-pat allowance but you still must file. You are still liable for taxes you make on investments, bank accounts etc that are in the US when you are abroad, and you may still have to file for your state income taxes also. You should read the IRS Publication 54 on tax exemptions for living abroad. Also note if you have a bank account outside the US with over 10,000 you will need to file a
Form TD F 90-22.1 (not with your tax return).

What does this mean? Thanks! =)?

Question:

貴女は目覚める。

経験を重ねるうちに、それは訪れる。　それは必然的であり、貴女が欲していたもの…

そして貴女は目覚めてしまう。　覚醒するであろう。

途中迷うかもしれないけど、でも迷子にはならない。

Answer:

You'll become aware of it.
While having more experiences, it comes to you one day. It's inevitable and that's what you have been longing for....
It will give you awakening. It may disillusion (stimulate) you.
You could possibly be in doubt about it (lose yourself), but you'll be alright.

How would you spell my last name in Japanese?

Question:

I already know how to spell my first name , Jennifer, in katakana, but my last name is a bit troublesome. I'm from Finland (although I'm speaking swedish as my main language) so I have a swedish last name.

Rönnblad (often spelled "Ronnblad" because the letter ö only exist in swedish) How would you spell it? Jennifer becomes Jenifaa according to what I've been told by other people.

Please help me. I'm still learning japanese and I haven't learned katakana yet. Only hiragana. >.<

Answer:

Ronnblad spells ﾛｰﾝﾌﾞﾗﾄﾞ !

Any suggestion for travel cheap in TOKYO for week ?

Question:

I HEARD THAT TOKYO IS VERY EXPENSIVE CITY. IF SOMEONE KNOW HOW TRAVEL CHEAP PLEASE GIVE ME SOME TIPS. THANKS AND GOD BLESS.

Answer:

You can stay at capsule hotels which will cost you about USD$40-$50 a night with access to baths and sauna. Inexpensive budget hotels are also available and are usually located near stations. Try a Business Hotel for a good compromise with prices around USD$70 for a single room and USD$100 for a double. I recommend the Toyoko Inn hotel chain located all over Japan.

Prices at regular Japanese restaurants are usually USD$8-$15 a meal, but food can cost you about USD$5-8 a meal if you eat at budget Japanese restaurants like Yoshinoya, Sukiya, and CoCo Ichiban Curry House. There are numerous bakeries around the country and a small snack will cost you around USD$1-2. The convenience stores all over Japan are also a quick cheap alternative and prices are extremely low compared with places back home.

I would say about USD$80-100 a day is possible done on a budget.

Japan on the Cheap
http://japan-australia.blogspot.com/2010…

Could i get a job in japan?

Question:

ok, i am a cabinet maker, and i'm in college doing furniture craft, but i'm going to a good college once i have finished my college, which will give me a degree which is equal to a 4 year degree, that takes care of that side of the problem, but i'd like to go to japan and be a furniture designer or maker, if i send my CV with my information to alot of furniture places in japan, and work on my japanese could i get offers for a job? obviously i will be waiting until i finish my degree to do this, but would it be worth my time to do this? i enjoy japanese furniture building techniques and am planning on working on those while at my course during my free time, that's the main reason is the fantastic timber in japan, so is it worth my time?

Answer:

Asked and answered. Reel Answers told you what you needed to hear. Digest it and move along. I didn't respond last time and so I'll give you something to think about. You have about a zero chance of seeing it happen. You haven't even taken the time to explain how you plan to get around the language barrier or if you have even started learning Japanese. Wait until you start trying to find a job. I guess you could do it on a visitor's visa, even though you aren't supposed to do so. Maybe you are from a country with a work visa arrangement so you could do it that way. But it's not going to be easy. So far from being so I stand by what I said, you have about a zero chance of seeing it happen.

Whats Japan's Job in video game industries? 10 POINTS?

Question:

Like does Japan manufacture, sales, reource builer, or does anything for gaming industry

Answer:

Many games come from Japan. Hironobu Sakaguchi created Final Fantasy, he is Japanese. Square Enix is a Japanese company. Nintendo is Japanese. Plus more. So Japan does a lot for the gaming industry.

Would Japan have surrendered if we didn't bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

Question:

Answer:

In fact, Japan's main rival during WWII was China, not USA, that's why the Japanese army and navy used their most resources and the best teams in the continent. Hiroshima-Nagasaki was not a significant event for the surrender, so it didn't actually make them surrender. The most significant event for the surrender was the battle of Manchuria (with Soviet).

What does yellow mean in japanese culture?

Question:

I would be very interested to know what does yellow signifie in japanese culture.

Answer:

Yellow has several meaning in Japan, but not all of it is purely of Japanese cultural origin and for the most part only the older generation understand or remember. The younger Japanese are mostly ignorant of any cultural meaning of the color yellow.

1) Strangely, the color yellow symbolizes courage. Unlike western culture where it symbolizes cowardice.

2) At one time, the Japanese emperor's guard would wear something yellow such as a yellow chrysanthemum in reference to their status as imperial guards.

3) Yellow to some who are Buddhist, is a sacred color. The Buddhist monks in Asia typically wear yellow, but for some reason not as many in Japan.

4) A lesser known meaning of yellow in Japan is "happiness" or "cheerfulness". There was an old popular movie entitled, "Happy Yellow Handkerchiefs".

Demasu and Dekakemasu?

Question:

What is the different between the both,I really don't understand so please explain in details.

Also can you write an example sentence for demasu and dekakemasu with translation.Thanks

Answer:

"demasu" can be used for both things and people and "dekakemasu" is only for people.
but when I use "dekakeru (-masu)", the person usually has a 'destination' (for shopping, to work etc.)
"deru" sounds action only

- mizu ga demasu --> water comes out.
- kodomo ga soto ni demasu --> the child goes out.
- soto ni dete kudasai --> please go out (or evacuate)

-------- dekakemasu;
- shuumatsu wa dokoka ni dekakemasuka? (do you plan to go somewhere this weekend?)
- yuuenchi ni dekakemasu/ikimasu (I'm going to an amusement park.)

When do Japanese visitors expect gifts?

Question:

I work for a US subsidiary of a Japanese company. When people from Japan visit - sometimes repeatedly - they bring gifts. But not always. What is the protocol? When should they expect to receive gifts from us? How can we choose appropriate gifts?

Answer:

They bring gifts as an appreciation for your kind hospitality. A gift in return would be a nice gesture of course, but not compulsory. Some appropriate gifts are confectionaries (お菓子）, local specialities, or wine. Take the cue from them, based on the gifts that they have given you, you should be able to find something of equivalent value for them.

If you are visiting Head Office in Japan, it will definitely be very good if you were to bring gifts as well, as courtesy.

Is Japan Psn back up ? ?

Question:

If not when?

Answer:

Last I heard it was still down, and no date of when or if it will be back up.

Whats a japanese main house?

Question:

and this picture here can some one tell me what this place is for? a main house? anyone who knows please answer
http://www.tenkai-japan.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/main-house-room-layout-in-english.JPG

Answer:

It's a hotel.
http://www.ryokancollection.com/eng/niki…

How am i suposed to call japan from my american cell?

Question:

here the deal, i found my friends phone number and he is Japanese. So i go to call him from my American cell phone only to be told, and i quote, "Welcome to Verizon wireles, we were unable to complete your call." So what do I do

Answer:

You need to call the country code first, then the city code and finally his personal phone number.
The country code is 81.
Doing this is very expensive. It is cheaper to buy a phone card, then dial the local access number, personal ID, country cod, city code and his number.

Can someone tell me about Nagoya Airport?

Question:

do they close at night? i have to stay there for 13 hours what should i do? do they have a lounge where you can sleep and shower?

Answer:

Nagoya has two airports: Komaki and Centrair.
Komaki is the smallest one and now only used for some domestic flights.
Centrair(far outside the actual city of Nagoya) is the main international airport now.
The following website has all the information you need and more: http://www.centrair.jp/en

There is a shopping concourse and onsen bath from where you can watch planes land and take off.
There is also a pay lounge.

What are the hygiene habits of Japanese people?

Question:

Answer:

- Taking a bath every day.
- Public washrooms are very clean. (even equipped with 'washlet')
- Disinfection goods are well sold. (because it's very humid, bacteria/mold is easily increased)
- If your desk at work is messy/dirty, your boss might give you a caution.
- I used to bring my dog to a shampoo & trimming almost every month. (as it's a Shelty -long -haired, it easily got stinky... )
- There's also Pet's spa in Japan.

Is Asa Akira really Japanese?

Question:

She said she's 100% Japanese on her video.
But what do you think of her other names Tracy Han and Akira Lee?

Answer:

Well that name is obviously fake. Her real last name is Takigami and Asa is probably short for something. She might be part white or have another ethnicity in her blood that she isn't owning up to. But that is common for people who are multiracial so you never know.

Cool toys/gadgets I can boy in Japan?

Question:

Going to Nagoya, not Tokyo. I'm 17 year old guy. Any tips?

Answer:

How about the new Nintendo?

Read about it here
http://japan-australia.blogspot.com/2011…

Changing to hyojungo?

Question:

Ok so I was talking to my friend and he asked me if I can translate my conversation with my other friend into hyoujungo.. Unfortunately I speak with an accent from osaka and okinawa so please translate these things to standard dialect(hyojungo)

A-Oi nakahara, ishho ni kamon ni tabeni ikan ka?
B-Akan, akan, kyou wa kanojyo to deeto ga arunya
A-Asoune? doku ni ikunya?
B-Tamaya
A-Sonai toko deeto tsurette donai sunnen? Meccha mazui miseyanke. Konohen ni wa gyousan hokani jyoutou na washoku ga aruno omae datte shittoru yarou
B-Seyakedo ajisen ni kurabetara jyoutoyashi, aitsu wa doushiteme ramen tabetai yuunya sakai shaanaiyan.
A-Maana.

I know this might be kinda hard cuz both me and my friend speak with a mix of okinawan and kansai dialect. Any effort would be helpful.


Thanks!(:

Answer:

A-Oi nakahara, ishho ni kamon ni tabeni ikanaika?
B-dame, dame, kyou wa kanojyo to deeto ga arundayo
A-Asou? doko ni ikundayo?
B-Tamaya
A-Sonna toko deeto tsurette do sunno? Meccha mazui misejan. Konohen ni wa takusan hokani umai washoku ga aruno omae datte shittoru daro
B-dakedo ajisen ni kurabetara umaishi, aitsu wa doushitemo ramen tabetai yutterukara shaanaidaro.
A-Maana.

How would you get from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan to Tokyo, Kanto, Japan?

Question:

Would you take a plane, bus, or train?

Answer:

1. The cheapest way is to take the bus, it's around $150 one way, you do need to change buses about 3times but it's really easy, and they have several buses a day going back and forth. The bus company will handle the ferry fee.

2. You can drive it it takes around 20hours, you just need to take the ferry at Hakodate to Aomori it's around $30 to $70 for a one way ticket.

3. Next is the Train, the fastest way to get to/from Sapporo to/from Tokyo is a 10 hour ride taking three trains (1 Shinkansen and 2 Limited Express trains, connecting in Shin-Aomori and Hakodate). The one way fare is around $240 one way. Its a better deal to purchase the national Japan Rail Pass. Or you can take a overnight train for around $200 one way for the cheapest bunks, but they ad a bunch of extra charges so it's close to $300 when all is said and done. But I don't know how well the trains are working since the earthquake and tsunami.

4. The plane, you can get a one way flight for as little as $100 if you book months in advance, other wise it's around $450 one way or $600 for a round trip flight. This is one of the most air trafficked paths in the world, they have 5 or 6 jumbo planes fly between the two cities a day.

5. You can take a ferry from Hakodate to Tokyo, I've never done this and don't really know anything about the price.

Personaly I like the bus because it's cheap and you get a better view of the country, plus meeting the people on the bus is always fun. Enjoy your stay in Japan, and have fun!